Victoria Sardella hopes to inspire people by using her personal story about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder as a platform to demonstrate how to move from a place of vulnerability to empowerment and leadership. Victoria Sardella is a psychology and social work double major at Creighton. She is an executive member of Active Minds, a nonprofit organization that works to reduce the stigma of mental illness on college campuses throughout the country. She will serve as president of the organization for the 2018â€"2019 academic year. Last summer she participated in breakthrough research with Rogers Behavioral Health, a leading behavioral health hospital in Wisconsin. She helped develop an application that uses Cognitive Bias Modification to provide people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and depression more affordable and effective treatment options. Locally, she co-founded and continues to organize a support group for people in and around Omaha with OCD. A member of the International OCD Foundation, Sardella regularly participates at its annual conference. She envisions one day becoming a clinical psychologist. Most of all, she says she “hopes to inspire people by using her story as a platform to demonstrate how to move from a place of vulnerability to empowerment and leadership.†This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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